
Julian Firth
Department: Acting
Biography
Julian Firth (born 8 January 1961) is an English actor, best known for his roles as troubled inmate Davis in the cinematic version of the film Scum and as Brother Jerome in the long-running television series Cadfael. Firth has enjoyed a consistent acting career in the theatre and has appeared in numerous television productions, including Jeeves and Wooster, The Bill, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and Margaret. He also appeared in the video of the 1982 hit single Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth, in which he appears as a pompous prosecuting barrister. In 1984, he was cast alongside Rob Lowe in Oxford Blues as Lowe's Oriel College roommate and confidant, providing inside information. In 2011 he appeared in the television film The Suspicions of Mr Whicher for ITV. He also appeared in the drama The Queen in 2006, as Blair's aide. In 2017, Firth joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Eastwatch, an episode of Season 7 as Archmaester Sandhu. Firth grew up in Bristol, attending Elmlea Primary School, Clifton College, and Bristol Grammar School.
Known For

Oxford Blues
1984

Scum
1979

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
1999

Shadowlands
1993

Absolution
1978

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990

The Yob
1988

Beautiful People
1999

Mr. Nice
2010

The Last Duel
2021

The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel
1984

Sense and Sensibility
2024

Margaret
2009

The Lost King
2022

The Grass Arena
1992

Byron
2003

The Fool
1990

Electricity
2014

Sebastian
2024

Runners
1983

Blood and Carpet
2015

Absolute Beginners
1986

The Estate
2025

The Queen
2006

The Bank Job
2008

Quadrophenia
1979

Diana
2013

A United Kingdom
2016

The Sight
2000

Burnt
2015

The Little Drummer Girl
1984

Lucan
2013

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
1999

Sylvia
2003

Paris by Night
1989

Bedazzled
2000

Forever Young
1983

Foreign Affairs
1993

Heading Home
1991

One Corpse Too Many
1994

The Sanctuary Sparrow
1994

The Leper of St. Giles
1994

Monk's Hood
1994

The Virgin in the Ice
1995

Lifeforce
1985

The Bill
1984

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992

The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
1997

Patrick Melrose
2018

Victoria
2016

Cadfael
1994

Murder City
2004

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987

Hustle
2004

Jeeves and Wooster
1990

Ripper Street
2012

Game of Thrones
2011

Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022

Restless
2012

Secret State
2012

Cambridge Spies
2003

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Byron
2003

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
2004

Call the Midwife
2012

Stay Lucky
1989

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982

Screen Two
1985

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
2015

The Old Men at the Zoo
1983

The Alan Clark Diaries
2004

Morgan's Boy
1984

Shadow of the Noose
1989